furniture making with red pine?

3 to 4 red pines of 10” in diameter are going to be put down near my cottage and the owner is asking me if I want them. I have a chain saw mill, so I could get some decent lumber out of them. I would like to know the qualities of red pine for furniture making.

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trees of that size will really have fairly poor quality wood for furniture. I would suspect that their have fairly wide growth rings and little heartwood. I would not bother with them personally as the wood probably would not be very stable or have much character.